Report from Part TwoMusings and notes about the life, the family, and travels of Gwendolyn Brooks that is a reprise of a prior book, "Report from Part One," published by Broadside Press in 1972. Brooks was the Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress from 1985 to 1986. This volume includes her introductions of visiting writers during that period. |
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... church , Metropolitan Community Church in Chicago . And she praised me to James Weldon Johnson , author of " God's Trombones , " when he came to a fancier church : her assault was-- " SHE'S the one who sent you all those wonderful poems ...
... church , Metropolitan Community Church in Chicago . And she praised me to James Weldon Johnson , author of " God's Trombones , " when he came to a fancier church : her assault was-- " SHE'S the one who sent you all those wonderful poems ...
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... CHURCH . " Beulah At Church , " one of my poems for children , in an early book called " Bronzeville Boys and Girls , " carefully describes how I felt about church in those early church - going years . You have to be just clean , you ...
... CHURCH . " Beulah At Church , " one of my poems for children , in an early book called " Bronzeville Boys and Girls , " carefully describes how I felt about church in those early church - going years . You have to be just clean , you ...
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... Church , nevertheless , provided a cultural nexus . The Black heritage of music was maintained by her father , who often sang , and by her pianist mother . Mrs. Brooks , who taught Sunday school , encouraged her daughter to write plays ...
... Church , nevertheless , provided a cultural nexus . The Black heritage of music was maintained by her father , who often sang , and by her pianist mother . Mrs. Brooks , who taught Sunday school , encouraged her daughter to write plays ...
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